Monthly Archives: February 2021

The legacy of Mali Watkins

With two weeks left before the recommendations by the Police Reform and Racial Justice subcommittees are to be presented to City Council, the Merry-Go-Round wanted to circle back to where it all began:  the “Mali Watkins incident.”

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Another first for Vella and Oddie

2020 was a banner year for campaign spending in the City of Alameda.

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Open and transparent?

The Alameda public-at-large is now – finally – getting the opportunity to weigh in on the issues about police reform and racial equity that have occupied the attention of a group of ad hoc citizens’ committees formed last fall.

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Police reports

The reports by the five “police reform” subcommittees are now making the rounds through City Commissions in advance of being presented to Council in March. Not among them, however, is the one report the Merry-Go-Round would have liked to have … Continue reading

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